Current Affairs Question - 23 September 2019
National Environmental Pollution, Degradation & Climate Change
Coastal Regulation Zone - 2018
Recently, residents living along the VembanadLake in Maradu, Kerala protested against a recent Supreme Court order to raze down their homes, which were built there in gross violation of Coastal Regulation Zone(CRZ)-2018 guidelines. Consider the following statements about the CZR-2018:
- CRZ Notification 2018 is based on the recommendations of ShaileshNayakCommittee.
- CRZ-1: these are ecologically sensitive areas these are essential in maintaining the ecosystem of the coast. They lie between low and high tide line where exploration of natural gas and extraction of salt are permitted.
- CRZ-II: includes designated urban areas that are substantially built up. Construction activities are allowed on the landward side only.
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
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1 and 2
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2 and 3
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1 and 3
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1, 2 and 3
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National Biodiversity & Conservation
Wildlife Protection Act (WLPA), 1972
Recently, the Enforcement Directorate has issued a provisional attachment order in respect of three chimpanzees and four marmosets in connection with a money laundering probe into a Wildlife (Protection) Act case.Consider the following statements regarding the Wildlife Protection Act(WLPA),1972:
- It prohibits the injuring, destroying and removing any part of a wild animal’s body.
- It also has provisions regarding the is also against taxidermy, which is the preservation of a dead wild animal as a trophy, or in the form of rugs, preserved skins, antlers, horns, eggs, teeth, and nails
- Schedule V of the act provides protection and inhibit trade of medicinal plants as well as agricultural species of plants.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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1 and 2
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2 and 3
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1 and 3
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1, 2 and 3
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